Chapter 361: 10 million in two days!

"As of noon yesterday, Soul Ferry: Huangquan has been online for 48 hours, with a total of 4.36 million valid viewers, of which nearly 10,000 chose 'single-film purchase'. According to the unit price of viewing between us and Qiyi TV, the total box office has exceeded 10 million!"

In the Arc Light conference room, the head of the film and television department reported the latest performance of the film.

Everyone in the room looked at each other, not knowing whether to celebrate or not. After all, they are familiar with online dramas and movies, but this is their first time to make an online movie. Whether this result is good or bad, they really don't have much experience.

"What did Qiyi TV say about this result?" asked Meng Bai, who was sitting in the first seat.

"I just met with them at noon, and they commented on this data - far beyond expectations!"

The head of the film and television department said with a little excitement: "Qiyi TV said that before this, the fastest record of breaking the 10 million yuan in the box office was one week, and now it has been shortened to two days, far exceeding their estimates before the broadcast."

This comparison sounds easy to understand, and the people in the conference room suddenly "buzzed" and the atmosphere became cheerful.

"It sounds like the results are not bad." Bai Shan, who was sitting next to Meng Bai, smiled and said.

The "Pendulum" series is the start of Arclight, and the previous two web drama versions were called "the ceiling of supernatural web dramas" by many drama fans, accumulating a large number of fans.

Therefore, although "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is just an online movie, Bai Shan has been under a lot of pressure since he took over. It was not until today that he saw the specific results that he finally relaxed.

"Well, it's not bad." Meng Bai nodded. Compared with the people around him, his expression was calmer.

Although Qiyi TV said "far beyond expectations", for him, this result can only be said to have met the requirements.

After all, whether in terms of team, cost, IP popularity or publicity, Soul Ferry: Huangquan is a complete dimensionality reduction strike compared to other online movies.

With popularity, fans and publicity, if it still can't get a record for the launch, it would be a failure.

After a pause, when the room was quieter, Meng Bai said: "Thanks to everyone's efforts, we got a good start. But I also want to remind everyone that the reason why we can have such a fast record is mainly because of the fan base accumulated by the online drama. Now the fans who should watch it have basically watched it, and the future results can truly prove the quality of this movie."

After speaking, he gestured to the manager of the film and television department and asked him to continue reporting.

"That's right, just like what Mr. Meng said. Most of the traffic of the first broadcast is basically concentrated in the first 30 hours. Since last night, although the data growth rate is still higher than the average data, it has slowed down compared to the previous two days."

Hearing this, the main creators and executives present calmed down immediately.

The fans' energy has basically reached its limit. Next, it depends on the quality of the film itself and whether it can attract more passers-by.

"How is the word-of-mouth evaluation of the movie?" Bai Shan asked.

The person in charge flipped through his own documents: "Qiyi TV's own score is 9.7. Of course, everyone knows that this is a bit watery, but the overall comment area is still showing a positive trend. Then Douban opened the score at 7.8, with more than 20,000 people rating it, and it is still increasing."

7.8 points?

Meng Bai frowned. The previous two web dramas were both aiming for 9 points.

"What are the negative reviews?"

"Well, we've counted them, and they are mainly concentrated in two aspects. One is that many viewers thought that the main line of the film was Zhao Li, but turned out to be just a side line, which was a bit unsatisfactory." The person in charge said: "Another point that has been reflected more is that many fans feel that the supernatural thriller level of the movie version is not as good as the web drama version, and it feels 'not that flavor'."

Someone heard this and immediately said: "This second point cannot be considered our problem. The censorship requirements are here, and there must be changes."

"That's right. The web drama version was from that year. What was the censorship standard then, and what is the standard now?"

"Indeed, all projects cannot get rid of this..."

Many people echoed.

"Okay." Meng Bai stopped everyone. "The review requirements are for us producers to consider. They have nothing to do with the audience. We can't simply say that it's a problem on either side. Douban users only account for a small part of the entire audience group. The ratings are mainly for reference and do not represent the whole."

After a pause, he continued, "In the next period of time, the publicity work and material release will proceed according to the plan. Our Arclight has always been called the 'No. 1 online drama team', and I believe everyone is very proud of this honor. This time we switch to online movies, we must win the box office championship to be worthy of it."

"Mr. Meng is right. How can we live up to the name of Arclight if we don't win the championship?"

Everyone present heard this and responded loudly, and then went back to their respective work excitedly.

Meng Bai sent Bai Shan away and then returned to the office. He put aside the information he had just reported, turned on the computer and began to browse the online reviews of "Soul Ferry: Huangquan".

The department only summarizes data, proportions and the like. It is easy to fall into the "statistical trap" by just looking at those. So no matter which work of Arc Light is broadcast, he will personally search the Internet for the audience's comments.

[Although it has been several years, the leading actors and the plot have changed, but the moment the narration sounded, the familiar feeling came back. ] [

Compared to the web drama version, the plot of the movie version is a bit vulgar and a bit bloody. But Meng Bai wrote it really well. Such an ordinary story was written into a flower. ]

[I haven't watched the web drama. Before, online movies have always been synonymous with "cheap and marginal" to me. I didn't expect to see such a textured movie, which is not inferior to those theater masterpieces at all. ]

[Fuck, friends, I found the "easter egg" that Meng Bai said at the press conference. At the end of the film, the last scene, the blessing lantern with a person's name written on it in the lower right corner, look at whose name it is. ]

[Oh my god, it's true, isn't this our Dongqing's name! So, the last shot represents that Changsheng has been waiting for Sanqi until the modern era? ]

[I watched it with my girlfriend. After watching it, she said that it is not advisable for girls to be in love. I said Changsheng was a wisp of Sanqi's soul, so wasn't she still in love with herself? 】

[The girl who plays Sanqi is quite cute. However, why do I always feel that she looks like my wife Yishao? ]

[The above, first of all, why do you want to steal my wife. Secondly, is there a possibility that Yishao is also played by her? ]

[……]

Meng Bai browsed the comments in the comment area. I have to say that the fans are still very careful in watching the drama. According to the release time of the comments, the film was online for less than an hour, and all the easter eggs buried in the plot were found.

In addition to the evaluation of the film, there are also comments against Zhu Xudan. After all, in this movie, the "Sanqi" she played is the absolute first starring role, even ahead of "Zhao Li".

It can also be seen from the comments that most of the audience still recognize her image and performance.

Speaking of which, this cheap junior sister is also very lucky. Last year, "The Chef Fang of Huajian", although it was a small production, was very popular. The character of "Fang Yishao" she played was likable and attracted a large number of fans.

Although this year's "Soul Ferry: Huangquan" is an online movie, it has a big IP and many fans. She is also the first starring role with the most scenes, and her popularity can rise again.

But when it comes to "lucky", Meng Bai thought of the "real mascot" again.

Last time, I promised Meng Ziyi to inquire about Yang Chaoyue's situation, but I forgot it

the moment I turned my head. Looking at the date, the first round of rankings should have been broadcast by now.

Meng Bai opened Tencent Video, and the big picture on the homepage was the poster of "Produce 101". After clicking in, he directly entered an exclusive channel.

Speaking of which, this program seems to be quite popular recently. The "idol audition" craze brought about by "Idol Trainee" at the beginning of the year has not ended yet, and Tencent's program just happened to fill the girl group market.

Not to mention ordinary audiences, in the past month or so in his circle of friends, he has seen many artists, celebrities and industry insiders discussing this program, and some have even shared votes.

But it was the first time for Meng Bai himself to watch it.

Looking at the installment schedule, the latest issue was indeed titled "First Round Ranking Announced". He didn't think about catching up on the previous episodes, and started watching directly from the latest episode.

Skipping the opening part of the show, Meng Bai fast-forwarded directly to the ranking stage.

"... Next, whoever's name I read out will sit on the pyramid here according to the ranking."

The host, or the "sponsor of the girl group" according to the program setting, is Huang Zitao. He held the inscription card in his hand and looked at the more than 100 girls opposite and said.

The program is called "Produce 101", so there are naturally 101 contestants. According to the rules of the first round of ranking, only 55 people can advance.

Tsk, Meng Bai sighed in his heart, with a direct elimination rate of half, the competition system of this program is quite cruel.

"Now let's start announcing the first ranking list. No. 54, Xu Jingyun... No. 53, Liu Dexi... No. 52, Jiang Jinger..."

Every time a girl's name was read out, there would be a burst of joy, loss, or inexplicable noise in the crowd. The camera swept across their faces one by one, and also showed the reactions of different contestants.

After watching for less than two minutes, Meng Bai really became interested. Although he didn't know any of these girls, it didn't affect his watching the excitement.

"... No. 42, Zhao Xiaotang."

Meng Bai's heart moved, and finally there was a girl he knew. Zhao Xiaotang is one of the four members of the TCG team. She looks a little cold on the outside, but after having a meal with her, she was found to be quite talkative, second only to Yang Chaoyue in the team.

Speaking of which, I don't know how many of the four girls can stay until the end.

From Meng Bai's point of view, he is most optimistic about the girl named Hani Kezi. That exotic face first adds points. When I went to see them practice last time, I remember that her singing and dancing skills were also good. It is estimated that the ranking will be very good.

Sure enough, before waiting for a while, I heard Huang Zitao read in the program: "No. 26, Hani Kezi..."

Meng Bai just took the time to look at the competition system. The next ranking is "55 choose 36". If you can maintain your popularity, you should be able to advance to another round.

But then again, Meng Bai was a little confused. Why did he still hear Yang Chaoyue's name.

Although Meng Ziyi told him last time that this girl was very popular and ranked well, he always felt that she was only in the 30s or 40s at most.

After all, no matter how bad the other contestants were, could they be ranked lower than "Basics of Radio Gymnastics"?

But now that the list had been read out to the top ten, she was not on it.

There were only two possibilities now, either she was eliminated or her ranking was a bit outrageous.

If she was eliminated, Meng Ziyi would have called her long ago. Since she didn't answer the call now, it could only be the latter.

Meng Bai held his breath and turned the video on at double speed.

"...5th place, Qiang Dongyue...4th place, Meng Meiqi...3rd place - Yang Chaoyue!"

"Fuck!"

Looking at Yang Chaoyue, who was confused in the camera, Meng Bai exclaimed.

This girl can also rank third? Are you sure this is the so-called "strongest" female group talent show in the country?

The power of luck is so terrifying!

"Knock, knock!"

There was a knock at the door. He casually called out "Come in", and then Hua Yan came in with a pile of documents.

"Boss, this is the last audition list left by Director Wang Wei. He said he would let you take another look at it."

"Okay... leave it there first."

Hua Yan put the information on Meng Bai's desk and looked up to see him staring at the computer screen, looking deep in thought.

"Hey, boss, are you also following "Produce 101"? "

No, I just suddenly remembered it and watched it for a while." Meng Bai's mind was still immersed in the thought of "Is Xiao Yang really a genius?"

Hua Yan didn't notice that her boss looked a little unhappy now, and said cheerfully: "Actually, I just wanted to see Chao Yue at first, after all, she is also a member of our Arc Light. I didn't expect that after watching two episodes, I felt it was quite interesting."

At this point, her voice suddenly raised again: "By the way, boss, do you know that Chao Yue's popularity is really super high? In the latest ranking, she ranked third."

"Yes, I just found out..."

"Well, speaking of it, it is also my credit that she can have such a high ranking. After her program is recorded, I have to let her treat me to a meal."

"Is it your credit?" Meng Bai looked at his assistant in confusion.

"Yes." Hua Yan nodded, "I called on our company to like her every day. After all, we have to support our own people."

Meng Bai curled his lips. Even if all the employees of Arc Light were divided into ten parts, they could not accumulate these 60 or 70 million likes.

"So, how did Xiao Yang get ranked third?"

"She's pretty." Hua Yan said with a matter-of-fact expression: "And she's also quite cute. The show was very effective, so she got a lot of shots. Although her ability is average, her personality is very attractive. Oh, by the way, she has a lot of male fans, almost two or three times as many as other contestants."

Pretty, cute, attractive personality... Meng Bai recalled it, and it can't be said that it's wrong, but it always feels weird.

"But..."

"But what?"

Hua Yan hesitated and said: "Some people also said that the program team wanted to take advantage of her popularity, so they assigned her a 'sacrifice to heaven' script."

"Sacrifice to heaven?"

"Oh, it's just to deliberately use the gap between her popularity and ability to cause controversy and increase the popularity of the show. When the show ends, she will be ranked at the end to avoid her debut."

"Ha, it can be operated like this."

Meng Bai snorted and laughed, but don't say it, it's really possible, after all, the program team and the platform only want traffic and attention. All the contestants are just chess pieces that can be used by them.

"Boss..." Hua Yan whispered, "Can you help Chao Yue?"

"Why?"

"I just think that if her popularity is average, then she will be eliminated. But if she is given hope and opportunities, and is finally eliminated for some other reason, it would be a pity."

Meng Bai tapped the table lightly, thought for a few seconds and said, "Don't worry, there won't be any 'sacrifice to heaven'."

"Hehe, I knew you were the best, boss! I'll be out first then."

"Okay. Oh, by the way, talk to the administration department and change the door god on the main door and put up a photo of Xiao Yang."

"Huh?"

(End of this chapter)